What a headline in @washingtonpost : New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve on #Covid_19; it's squashing it". Indeed there are grounds for optimism that NZ's approach of moving to elimination is working: lockdown/test/contact trace/detect/ isolate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/new-zealand-isnt-just-flattening-the-curve-its-squashing-it/2020/04/07/6cab3a4a-7822-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

NZ's #Covid_19 lockdown is also underpinned by social protection, including wage subsidies, & business support measures. Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times. Distressing to hear voices of poorest elsewhere fearing that they will die of hunger before dying of Covid-19.

For detailed information about New Zealand's measures to fight #Covid_19, see special government website. @who @DianeVergara_ @davidnabarro http://covid19.govt.nz 

Alastair Campbell on the leadership required to fight #Covid_19 which is being shown in NZ by @jacindaardern: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=12323335

Economies can recover. The dead can't.